Jul 31, 2014
Q.1400
Jul 30, 2014
Q.1399
Who is this naturalist?
Jul 29, 2014
Q.1398
Jul 28, 2014
Q.1397
In July 2014, Germany indicated its interest in helping cleaning up something in India, based on its past success in cleaing up the German equivalent.
The proposed Indian project has been one of the major priorities of the new Indian government.
What are the Indian and German entities in question?
Jul 27, 2014
Q.1396
This 2014 biographical film has dialogues in Tamil and English. The films have been shot in locations in Tamil Nadu such as Namakkal, Kumbakonam, and Madras and in England in Cambridge and London.
Who is the film based on?
Jul 26, 2014
Q.1395
Jul 25, 2014
Q.1394
To do this experiment, he first wrote down sentences of the story in a certain manner which made it easier to publish them. What was the experiment?
Jul 24, 2014
Q.1393
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Jul 23, 2014
Q.1392
What events and why?
Jul 22, 2014
Q.1391
In July 2014, a real-life Hollywood starlet sued the makers of the game claiming that the character's look and personality was based on her. Which actress?
Jul 21, 2014
Q.1390
Apart from the Nobel, Gordimer won several other awards such as the Booker Prize. She famously rejected her shortlist for another notable literary award, the Orange Prize in 1998. Why did she do so?
Jul 20, 2014
Q.1389
What phrase?
Jul 19, 2014
Q.1388
At the 2014 FIFA World Cup, some Brazilians held up such posters of Mick Jagger (a member of the 'Rolling Stones' music group). Jagger had been closely tracked by local football fans. He had become unpopular after what he had said in places such as Portugal and the USA.
What was the reason for his unpopularity?
Images: Daily Mail
Jul 18, 2014
Q.1387
The show is based on an English novel published in 1938, later made famous via an Alfred Hitchcock film. Which story?
Jul 17, 2014
Q.1386
These type of vehicles get their popular English name from the literal translation of the Japanese "dangan ressha", indicative of its shape in the original design and its much talked-about speed. In Japan, the name for the network of lines these vehicles run on literally means "new trunk line".
Much discussed in India by the new government in 2014, what kind of vehicles are these and what is the Japanese name of the network?
Jul 16, 2014
Q.1385
Jul 15, 2014
Q.1384
Argentina had bitter beginnings at the 2014 FIFA World Cup when they displayed this banner before a friendly against Slovenia ahead of starting their World Cup campaign. The whole team was placed under investigation for violating article 60 of the "FIFA stadium and security regulations" and article 52 of the "FIFA disciplinary code"
What did the Argentinian team convey to the world with the banner?
Jul 14, 2014
Q.1383
What were the cyclists and the Tour de France organisers worried about?
Jul 13, 2014
Q.1382
What are these called?
Jul 12, 2014
Q.1381
"A Life In Three Octaves" is a biography of which doyenne from the Kirana Gharana of Hindustani Classical Music? (who like Bhimsen Joshi of the same Gharana hailed from the same region of Dharwad in Karnataka)
Jul 11, 2014
Q.1380
What is this?
Jul 10, 2014
Q.1379
In March 2014, an episode in the 25th season of this TV series was called "You Don't Have To Live Like A Referee". In this, a leading character is recruited as a referee for the 2014 FIFA World Cup matches including the Final, which predicted a Germany v Brazil match.
Which series?
Jul 9, 2014
Q.1378
Jul 8, 2014
Q.1377
"There are a few things I have witnessed becoming obsolete in the past few years, the first being ______. I haven't been asked for an ____ since the invention of the iPhone with a front-facing camera. The only memento "kids these days" want is a ______. It's part of the new currency...Fill in the blanks, the first two being the same word.
Jul 7, 2014
Q.1376
Jul 6, 2014
Q.1375
Which film reviewer is the subject of this film?
Jul 5, 2014
Q.1374
Jul 4, 2014
Q.1373
What is this name?
Jul 3, 2014
Q.1372
Jul 2, 2014
Q.1371
In 2014, after a regime change, Ajit Doval became India's new National Security Advisor. A former undercover agent in Pakistan and UK, he was the first policeman to be awarded the Kirti Chakra, particularly for his role in "Operation Black Thunder" in 1988 to flush out militants from which specific location?
Jul 1, 2014
Q.1370
This sport's World Cup is held in the same year as the FIFA World Cup by a body called FIQA. Similar to football, goals are scored by sending something through a designated area. But, unlike football, this sport is mostly played in the air.
The 2014 edition was also held in South America (in the Patagonian desert), in April 2014. The opening ceremony was said to have witnessed a scuffle between members from Fiji and Norway.
Which fictional sport?